Linux Mint version 17.3 experienced slowdowns or crashes while installing.
Linux Mint version 17.3 experienced slowdowns or crashes while installing.
I'm trying to set up Linux Mint 17.3 on a 30GB partition from a 250GB hard drive. It worked before, but now the BIOS won't recognize it as a bootable device. I use this for Brasero, and the issue is that when I select the hard drive, it gets stuck during the disk scanning process. It keeps looping at the same spot on the spinning disk. I managed to finish after waiting about 10 minutes, but couldn't install it once I reformatted the partition to ext4 due to a "root file system error." Have you encountered this before? Would it be better to use a smaller drive (under 100GB) for installation? It's not the installation disc itself. I've tested three different drives and downloaded ISOs from various sources. My system specs include a Ryzen 5 3600, an ASUS ROG Strix B350-F gaming PC, a GTX 650 Ti, and plenty of RAM. About 75% of my storage is already used across three drives and two SSDs. I have a 16GB Teamgroup Pro DDR4 3200 and a Thermaltake TR2 600W. Any suggestions? P.S. It has to be Linux Mint 17.3 because that's the OS I used after dealing with lots of viruses on my laptop, and my dad was tired of cleaning it. I still prefer Windows 7 on his old tower, even though I hated Windows 8.1.
It ran smoothly with both Windows 10 and LM 17.3. Windows 10 performed consistently, except when issues arose—thanks to iomegaWare. After installing 17.3, it booted from BIOS, was configured, and stayed installed until recently. The partition wasn’t marked as bootable initially. I removed it and created a fresh bootable USB. Should I use a small hard drive with just one open SATA port?
I thought the drive was ready to boot and didn’t realize it needed GParted or that secure boot was enabled.